Oil-combustion device.



E. L. REYNOLDS.

OIL COMBUSTION DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.19. 1915.

Patented May 2, 1916.

lnvehtor Witnesses Attorneys THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH $0., WASHINGTON. D. c.

ERNEST L. REYNOLDS, OF SALINA, KANSAS.

OIL-COMBUSTION DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1916..

Application filed February 19, 1915. Serial No. 9,328.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Banner L. RnYNoLns,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Salina, in the county of Salina and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful. Oil-Combustion Device, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be employed for burning oil, and the invention aims to provide novel means for delivering the oil and to provide novel means for directing the air through the structure.

It is within the scope of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 shows the invention in vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a burner tube 1 equipped at its lower end with an outstanding flange 2 which is downwardly inclined toward its periphery. The burner tube 1 is surrounded by a casing 3 which is a composite structure. The casing 3 comprises a tubular hood 4 having a horizontal top 5 which may be threaded as shown at 6 onto the burner tube 1. The hood 4 is provided with a lateral oil inlet 7. Formed integrally with or otherwise secured to the hood 4 and located within the interior of the hood, below the oil inlet 7 and above the outstanding flange 5, is a continuous, annular, oil distributing trough 8 into which the oil inlet '7 discharges.

The casing 3 comprises a receptacle 9, threaded onto the hood 4 as indicated at 50 or otherwise secured thereto. The receptacle 9 is somewhat larger in diameter than the hood 4 and comprises a horizontal, inwardly projecting bottom 10 provided with an opening 11 located below and concentric with the burner tube 1. The opening 11 is surrounded by an upstanding flange 12 conwith.

stituting a part of the bottom 10, the flange 12 being disposed at an angle to the flange 2 on the burner tube 1 and being located directly below the flange 2.

If desired, a removable plate 14 may be placed in the opening 11, the plate 14 being provided with perforations 15. The plate 14 may be removably held in place by means of screws 16 entering the flange 12, although any other means may be provided for securing the plate 14 in place detachably. The flange 12 serves to define an oil trough 17, and the flange 2 is housed within the receptacle 9.

In practical operation, oil passes into the structure by way of the inlet 7, the oil being received by the trough 8 and thus being distributed around the hood 4. The trough 8 overflows, and the oil drops down onto the inclined flange 2 of the burner 1, from which flange the oil passes into the trough 17 defined by the flange 12 on the receptacle 9. In this trough the oil burns, and the flame is deflected up into the tube 1 by the flange 2. Air enters the opening 11 and passes through perforations 15 in the plate 14, the air about the periphery of the opening being deflected by the flange 12 toward the flange 2, so that the air comes into contact with the flame before the air passes upwardly into the burner tube 1.

Especial attention is directed to the fact that if desired, the plate 14 may be dispensed The plate constitutes a means for breaking up and dividing the air stream, should such an operation be considered advisable.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a

burner tube provided at its lower end with an outstanding flange; a casing surrounding the burner tube and comprising a receptacle housing the flange and having an opening located below the burner tube, the receptacle being provided about the opening with a flange disposed at an angle to the flange on the burner tube and located directly below the flange on the burnertube; and means for admitting oil to the receptacle within the contour of the flange of thereceptacle.

2. In a device of the class described,a burner tube provided at its lower end with an outstanding flange, a casing surrounding the burner tube and comprising a receptacle housing the flange and having an opening located below the burner tube, the receptacle being provided about the opening with a flange disposed at an angle to the flange of the burner tube and located directly below the flange on the burner tube; means for admitting oil to the receptacle within the contour of the flange of the receptacle; a perforated closure relnovably mounted in the opening in the receptacle; and nieans'for securing the closure in the opening.

3. In a device of the class described, a burner provided at its lower end with an outstanding flange; a casing surrounding the burner tube and comprising a receptacle housing the flange; the receptacle having an opening located below the burner tube, the

receptacle being provided about the opening with a flange disposed at an angle to the flange on the burner tube and located directly below the flange on the burner tube; the easing having an oil inlet and being provided with an annular distributing trough located below the oil inlet and above the flange on the burner tube.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST L. REYNOLDS.

Witnesses A. E. HALsnY, C. R. CRovnNs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner or Patents,

Washington, D. O. 

